{"id":64557,"date":"2019-04-08T07:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T11:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=64557"},"modified":"2019-04-08T07:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T11:48:22","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-thanks-serve-and-protect-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-thanks-serve-and-protect-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls REPLAY: Thanks to those who serve and protect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each week, Huntsville\u2019s own Grant Nickalls entertains us, inspires us, make us laugh and sometimes makes us cry, but always he reminds us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home. 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He thanks them for setting him straight (especially former Huntsville police officer Ray Porter), and for the work they continue to do.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q5-Hj5vSEDA?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Missed some of the Our Town with Grant Nickalls series? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/ourtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to check out past videos<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, an Our Town replay. 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